Catalogue , The Mount Desert Nurseries

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Catalogue , The Mount Desert Nurseries

Catalogue of George B. Dorr's Mount Desert Nurseries. Clarence E. Dow is listed as manager of the nurseries. Dorr is listed as president of the company. Catalogue includes tree, shrubs, vines, hardy herbaceous perennials, bedding plants, and roses. Offices and greenhouses of the nurseries: Lower Main Street, Bar Harbor. Although there is no date on the catalogue, the introduction mentions that the nurseries "were founded thirty years ago in recognition of the remarkable horticultural qualities Mount Desert Island had disclosed in its earliest pleasure garden, established fifteen years before and linked with the first development of summer residence upon the Island."